Basic Info

The format for this tournament is the same as it was in Season 2.

Tournament Schedule

Tue, Mar 24, 11:59pm EDT	Deadline for sign-up
Wednesday, Mar 25	First round matchups are posted
Sunday, March 29	All first round matchups completed
Wednesday, April 1	All second round matchups completed
Friday, April 3	All semifinal matchups completed
Sunday, April 5	Finals completed

The dates for completion for each round are a final deadline that matches must be completed by. Due to the schedule's nature, this tournament could be finished before April 5th.

Scheduling Matches
Once matches are posted in the forum, you are responsible for setting up a time when the match can be completed with your opponent before the rouond deadline. I will post matchups, a full bracket, and an area for you to schedule your match and post results when it is completed. Results should be reported as any match score in golf is: "Player_A beats Player_B, X&Y", where X is the number of holes up and Y is number of holes remaining. It is the winner's responsibility to post the match score in the forum and await their next matchup.

Playing Matches
Since each round is 18 holes, there are two ways matches can be played (due to the fact that free play only allows for a 9-hole match maximum).

1. Play the match for 50 cents in order to play all 18 holes at once under match play scoring.
   
2. Play the match for free, but only 9 holes at a time. If this option is chosen, you must play stroke play and keep track of the match score manually.

Things to keep in mind

• Use the head-to-head room on UTour to play your matches
  
• If you and your opponent are separated by more than 100 rating points, the lower rated person must set up the match. This must be done because:
  
  • UTour does not allow you to offer a matchplay game to an opponent 100 rating points or more under your rating
    
  • In stroke play, UTour forces you to offer a stroke to anyone over 100 rating points under your rating
    
  • If the lower ranked player sets up the match, these problems will be avoided
    
  
  

*NEW* Multiple Divisions

• The format of this year's Matchplay Championship is changed from an invitational to an open sign-up for everybody
  
• There will be up to 3 divisions of play with a cap of 16 players per division
  
• If more than 48 players sign up, the only division to expand beyond 16 players will be Division 3.
  

Example Table

Players	Divisions	Players/Division
16	1	16
24	2	12
32	2	16
36	3	12
42	3	14
48	3	16

Division	Season Pts for Winner	WLR Divisor
1	600	100
2	300	50
3	150	20

If the amount of entrants doesn't reach at least 25 people by the deadline, there will only be one division of play. I will modify the schedule for the extra preliminary round if necessary.

Right now there are 21 people signed up for this tournament.